Where does “urheiluvaatteet” come from?

urheiluvaatteet (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilu, from Finnish urheilla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

urheiluvaatteet (Finnish): sportswear

Definitions

  1. sportswear

Ancestry of “urheiluvaatteet”, step by step

urheiluvaatteet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish urheilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurheilusports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
2Finnishurheillato participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...
3Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-

via Finnish vaate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaatepiece of clothing, garment; clothing, clothes
2Proto-Finnic*vaat'ëkclothing, garment
3Proto-Germanicwēdizpiece of cloth, garment
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ew-to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be...
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella